It Walks Among Us, definitely. Was not a favorite of mine when the album dropped, now i come home from work, BLAST IT, then go about my business. That song is one of my all time favorite coheed tracks, for personal and purely musical reasons....that bridge, those lyrics, JOSH'S GODLIKE DRUMMING. Just a stellar banger sing along that I never expected to love so much.

True, but if people are just clicking 1 or 0 stars just to be spiteful, without having played the game, thats not a review. That's an unsubstantiated opinion, and misleading customers.

For example: If I didn't like a style of a particular bakery, because they don't happen to make bagels, and give them a one-star review, that makes me an asshole. I should just go to a bakery that does make bagels instead of trashing one that doesn't... Now if I went to that no-bagel place, had a donut and hated it, then that review is valid.

People are being babies. I have been playing Pokemon since it's debut and after 20+ years of loving it, I don't really care for the Go and LGPE games, not my style. But I'm not gonna trash them cuz I haven't played them and just want Gen 8 to be released, that's immature and needless shit-talking.

Taking a break from UM right now. 2 year old got me go go go like crazy (and a new baby due in January!) and cant really afford the Switch ATM. Really waiting for the gen 8 reveal before commiting to such a purchase. But the S/M series was a big hit for me, I'm happy to just rexplore Alola, or any other old gen for that matter!

Lucky Stars hit me as the "credits" track. If UC was a movie, there'd be a litte box of footage on the left side of the screen while credits scrolled up on the right and that song would be playing and showing imagery between Creature and Sister Spider. Love it.

The Pavillion took me a minute to really feel it. But once it clicked it's a heartfelt banger. Feels really good after Love Protocol too, like a good segue for my ears.

And Night-Time Walkers is great the more you listen to it. I liked it at first, now I absolutely love it!

I'd say that he definitely is REALLY sad on this album, but it's being processed instead of being whined about. He's growing but definitely not a happy camper. Super introspective stuff. "My choices let down some of my closest people, but I'm gaining back ground and forcing myself to better by fall. Will you be there if I fall?" Sounds like some sad shit to me, sad, and scared cuz he knows his faults are hurting people.

I would say that hate comes more from a place of anger and denial, not sadness, tho they are all very intertwined. But also, i think what you said is a good thing. I don't want to hear three or four albums about how he can't move on from the same person. Boring. Personal growth, accepting fault, moving forward, that all resonates more with me than writing "fuck you, you hurt me" over and over again.

And what's wrong with putting some extra pop into pop-punk? I think it works incredibly well, paired with the lyrical content. It's what I've always loved about the genre. Catchy sing-alongs, based on someone's deep emotions.

Just a theory, but wouldn't the forced switch be a good thing on your part? They lose a turn for the switch (effectively leveling out the amount of turns of damage) and are forced to take a potentially non-optimal pokemon onto the field